on from Australia to the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) area after the Australian bound ships reached Melbourne on 1 February 1942. 35th Pursuit Group commander Clinton D. "Casey" Vincent was aboard.McClure, Glenn E. Fire and Fall Back: the World War Two "CBI" story of "Casey" Vincent, p. 18. Universal City, Texas. Barnes Press. 1975. Mariposa made a brief stop 2 February 1942 in Melbourne before proceeding on to Perth The ship had been due to continue on with the Army fighter group to India but was withdrawn and the personnel and cargo transshipped into the two Australian transports and . Also on board was the 'Brownout Strangler', Private Edward Leonski. 19 March 1942: She left San Francisco for Australia in a convoy that included . 18 April 1942: She left Melbourne, Australia, for the US, carrying Dutch military personnel who had evacuated Java after the loss to the Japanese Imperial Army; she arrived 3 May 1942 in San Francisco. 28 May 1942: She left Charleston, South Carolina, stopping in Freetown for a week and Cape Town for a short stay before heading for Karachi. September 1942: She arrived at Karachi. Mariposa arrived in New York City in early September with more than 100 American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) pilots and ground personnel aboard. They had been denied transport back to the United States on half-empty transport planes by the US Ferry Command. 21 December 1942: left Newport News, Virginia unescorted carrying 5,000 military passengers 3 January 1943: Overnight refueling at Rio de Janeiro 26 January 1943: Aden for overnight refueling 27 January 1943: She disembarked outside Massawa 27 February 1943: Disembarked at Bombay 10 April 1943: Arrived at New York City 15 April 1943: Left Brooklyn Navy Yard for Casablanca carrying military medical units and troops including some Tuskegee Airmen 24 April 1943: Arrived at Casablanca, French Morocco Mid-November 1943: Left Sydney Harbour bound for San Francisco, for a 16-day cruise. Among the passengers was prominent Dutch pilot Ivan Smirnov (Romanized to "Smirnoff"). No convoy was used. 10 December 1943: She departed Los Angeles for Hobart, Tasmania, with 4,500 railroad troops, with no escort. During the voyage, the men were near-mutinous due to bad food. 26 December 1943: Docked at Hobart early 1944: Docked at Bombay 9 March 1944: Departed Los Angeles 8 April 1944: Arrived Bombay 13 April 1944: Left Bombay for Boston 23 May 1944: Arrived at Boston Spring